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ABOUT

Delivering open converged digital infrastructure for Africa

We are driving Africa’s digital transformation and have successfully led this trailblazing, high-achieving, multiple award winning company since its formation in 2008.

Chris Wood

CEO

Innovative

Never afraid of disrupting the status quo and operating in new and original ways to support clients’ business decision making and help them develop and expand their businesses across the continent.

Leading Edge

At the forefront of investing in new technologies and methodologies to help them grow their businesses.

Client Centric

Putting clients’ interests at the heart of the way we operate and the way we think.

Tailored Offerings

Understanding that clients are all individuals and that finding bespoke solutions for each client helps in our goal of building long-term relationships. That is why we always refer to clients and not customers.

Continual Investment

A policy of maintaining a programme of investing in our infrastructure, our people and in Africa.

Pan-African

Committed to Africa, with unique local skills and knowledge of how to expand business across the continent.

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OUR

VISION

To create an environment in which all Africans can take advantage of world-class technology developments to build better lives, better businesses and a better world.

OUR

MISSION

To create and deploy a converged open-access digital infrastructure which will expedite digital transformation across the continent.

OUR

VALUES

Client Focus, Integrity, Boundless, Personal Excellence, Collaborate

Group Milestones

2008

Development of Easter Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) design & build

2009
WIOCC overturns Africa’s established industry model, with flexible commercial terms for subsea capacity
2010

First non-shareholder service activated

Network Operations Centre (NOC) created

EASSy awarded Best Cable Project award at Submarine Networks World

2011

Strategic investments in EIG and WACS

2013

WIOCC registers first subsidiary company in South Africa

2014

Service Management team created alongside NOC & Technical Assistance Centre

2015

WIOCC & Dalkom Somalia win GTB Innovation Award for first, direct, high-capacity, international connectivity to Somalia

Virtual landing point in landlocked Lesotho launched

WIOCC partners with shareholder TelOne to build network across Zimbabwe

IP Connectivity & Metro services added to business portfolio

2016

Deployment of WIOCC’s own Metro network in Jo’burg (40 PoPs) & Lagos (10 PoPs)

Third EASSy upgrade

WIOCC named Best East African Wholesale Carrier at Africa Carriers Awards

IP Transit capacity increases to 20Gbps

2017

Jo’burg Metro goes live

Fourth EASSy upgrade

IP Transit capacity increases to 40Gbps

WIOCC registers three new subsidiaries; WIOCC service; Kenya Limited; WIOCC Nigeria & WIOCC UK

Back-up NOC established in South Africa

2018

Strategic investments in >60,000km of submarine cable assets, linking Africa’s coastline countries to Europe and rest of the world

70% of IP traffic exchanged via peering

WIOCC’s reach extends to 100 cities in 29 counties in Europe & key global commercial centres

WIOCC’s African terrestrial network extends across >55,000km connecting over 500 African locations in 30 countries

AP Telecom becomes WIOCC’s international sales partner in Asia and US

2019

WIOCC and Epsilon expand on-demand connectivity between Africa and rest of the world

WIOCC launches Africa’s Hyperscale Infrastructure brand development

Nigeria & Zambia network developed

2020

Network increases to 16Tbps design capability

South Africa network expansion with 30 national & 70 on–net Metro PoPs

Metronets become active in Jo’burg, Cape Town, Durban, East London and Gqeberha

WIOCC network circuits now 100Gbps and beyond

Cross-border connectivity with full OTN capabilities into Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

2021

WIOCC completes USD 200 million debt and equity capital raise

WIOCC announces the launch of Open Access Data Centres (OADC)

2022

OADC Durban completed at Amanzimtoti KZN

WIOCC and OADC land Google’s Equiano subsea cable in Lagos, Nigeria

WIOCC unveils its new tagline, Africa’s Digital Backcone

OADC rolles out Africa’s first, large-scale, open access edge data centre deployment Provide of the Year category at 6th Tech Innovation Awards

2022

WIOCC Group continues to expand Africa’s digital infrastructure with a new $30 million equity investment byIFC

OADC wins the Data Centre/Edge Service Innovation awarded at Capacity’s Global Carrier Awards

OADC Lagos & OADC Isando go live

OADC Rondebosch & POADC Brackenfell announced

WIOCC chooses EXA Infrastructure to diversify network connectivity between Africa and Europe

2022

WIOCC Group continues to expand Africa’s digital infrastructure with a new $30 million equity investment byIFC

OADC wins the Data Centre/Edge Service Innovation awarded at Capacity’s Global Carrier Awards

OADC Lagos & OADC Isando go live

OADC Rondebosch & POADC Brackenfell announced

WIOCC chooses EXA Infrastructure to diversify network connectivity between Africa and Europe

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